Finale Forum

Hi all,
Hope you are all going ok.

I am writing a piece and the time signature is 6/4 (with some bars of 5/4 here and there).

I feel that the piece sounds good at crotchet = 180.

I am wondering if it is ok to express this tempo with such a high number? It seems rather a big number! But it is a good tempo to my ear. I think the conductor would choose to conduct it as 2 beats in the 6/4 bar, or 6 if they're feeling energetic.

Have you seen crotchet = 180 before?,
Hector.

Quarter note (crochet) at 180 should be no problem notation wise. Waltzes, especially Viennese Waltzes, tend to be danced from 162 to 180 or so.

If the conductor will beat in two, maybe dotted minim = 60.

I agree with Motet.

When you go into 5/4 for the first time you might add (crotchet = crotchet) for clarity.

As for the general question of 180, both the very different mechanical metronomes I have here (one nearly 10 ins tall with the traditional wooden pyramid case, the other a Wittner Super Mini, which is as small as the name suggests) go right up to mm = 208. I think 180 can be found in the Rite of Spring, for example.

Thank you very much, everyone! Your help is much appreciated!
Cheers,
Hector.

There is a movement in the Hindemith sonata for Solo Viola Op.25 No.1 where he writes quarter note = 600.